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Last year's newbuilding boom continues with surge in tanker orders
(Shipping Times)
April 9, 1998
By David Hughes
ONLY a few newbuilding contracts have been reported over the past fortnight but the figures from Lloyd's Register (LR) show that last year was anything but quiet in the newbuilding market. So this week's table gives LR's shipbuilding activity figures for the past 10 years.
The world newbuildings backlog increased by more than six million gross ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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